ATP Live Events: Virtual Job Fairs & Live Chat

ATP’s Virtual Job Fairs and Live Chats are held during the peak hiring season, between March and June. Sometimes we host over 100 concurrent users.

This year's Live Chat schedule feature interesting, informative speakers and topics for all Alaskan job seekers including presentations and Q & A sessions on Rural Alaska Living, Teacher Certification and positioning yourself for success at an ATP Job Fair, see the complete schedule and log in directions below.

Come join the fun, meet someone new and learn about Alaska.

ATP Live Chats - 2015 Live Chat Dates

2015 ATP Live Chat Schedule
- All ATP Live Chats are
from 3:30 p.m.

Date/
Time

Guest

Topic

February 12th

Betty
Walters - ASMP

Getting
Ready
for
an ATP Job Fair

February 17th

Hal Neace - ASMP

Living in Rural Alaska

March 12th

Sondra Meredith - Alaska DEED

Alaska Teacher Certification Q&A

April 2nd

Toni McFadden - ATP Manager

Getting Ready for ATP's Lower
48 Job Fairs

April 30th

Sondra
Meredith - Alaska DEED

Alaska
Teacher Certification Q&A

ATP's Live Chats are online video presentations with
special guests who take questions by text chat. Participants
log in and watch the live video of the presenter and
interact via a chat window by using the Live Chat Page. Our
special guests are working professionals from our staff, and
both the Alaska Statewide Mentorship Program (ASMP), and the
Alaska Department of Education (DEED).

Think of it this way. At a most job fairs you only have a few moments to make an impression when you introduce yourself at the district's table or booth. Using the ATP Live Chat Area you can sometimes spend 20 or 30 minutes just getting ask and answer questions with school district administrators.

Although anyone can watch the video, and observe the chat without logging in, if you would like to ask a question or introduce yourself, you must be logged in. If you are logged in already, your username will appear on the list of visitors to the channel on the right side. Or, if not logged in your log in box will appear when you type your question or comment and hit return like this:

Either way, once logged in, just type a comment in the space and hit "Send". Your comment will then appear, and as you can see from this nonsense example, you can also click the control on the lower right to see who is in the chat, or to Private Message or Instant Message any user.

Step 3: Instant Message (IM) Others

You can also now click on any user to enter into a private chat that has it's own "tab" along the bottom. Others, including district recruiters during Virtual Job Fairs, will use this feature to talk privately with you…and vice versa. This is the best way to privately talk with district representatives, or when questions you need to ask someone will not benefit the group in the chat as a whole.

Notice that the private chat you are having with someone appears in a "tab" along the bottom of the chat screen. You can switch easily between the main chat and private conversations by clicking those tabs.

Technical Requirements

The ATP Live Events use software that most modern browsers on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers can use.

Live Chat Requirements:
Internet Explorer or Firefox with Flash plug-in intalled and at least a 56K (dial-up) Internet Connection